h of the building. This in the West usually took the formof a portico, forming at first the fourth side of an open court—the atrium —through which the main building was approached. > Archaeologia, liii, p. 563. TEMPLES, SHRINES, AND CHURCHES 251 When the atrium disappeared, the fourth side was… … m^.^^-^i^0^^^^^W§smi$^
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